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Norm Nixon
1978-79

Norm Nixon

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Peak Prime
Age:23
Position:PG
Team:LAL
Games:82
Minutes (Per Game):38.4
Total Minutes:3145.0
Player
Index
A+
86.2
Rank #19 (1978-79)
Potential Index
A+
87.8
Rank #6 (1978-79)

Archetypes

NOTE: Archetypes are generated based on player potential (Potential Index).

🎭 Playmaker ⚖️ Two-Way
  • Player Index (PLI) — A measure of how valuable a player is to a franchise given the player's contract value, production, availability, and overall impact both in the regular season and postseason. Scored 0–100, graded D- to S+.
  • Potential Index (POI) — A measure of how high a player's PLI can be: the player's projected PLI ceiling if they continue their current trajectory next season. Same 0–100 scale and grade thresholds as PLI; shown only for players under 25. POI blends the legacy formula (45%) with the Performance Potential Score / PPS from per-100 stats (55%).

Season badges

  • Peak — Career-high OVR season (only one per player, once decline from that peak is visible).
  • Prime — One of the three seasons in the player's best 3-year stretch by average OVR.
  • Lookout — A or better Potential Index (POI) in the player’s second year (year_exp = 1).
  • #1 PLI — Ranked #1 in the league in Player Index that season.
  • #1 POI — Ranked #1 in the league in Potential Index that season.

Score thresholds for each grade (PLI and POI share the same 0–100 scale):

PLI = Player Index  |  POI = Potential Index

S+
PLI/POI: ≥95
S
PLI/POI: 90–94
A+
PLI/POI: 85–89
A
PLI/POI: 80–84
A-
PLI/POI: 75–79
B+
PLI/POI: 70–74
B
PLI/POI: 60–69
B-
PLI/POI: 55–59
C+
PLI/POI: 50–54
C
PLI/POI: 45–49
C-
PLI/POI: 40–44
D+
PLI/POI: 35–39
D
PLI/POI: 30–34
D-
PLI/POI: <30
Points 17.1
Rebounds 2.8
Assists 9.0
Steals 2.5
Blocks 0.2
Field Goal Pct 54.2%
Field Goals Made 7.6
Field Goals Attempted 14.0
Free Throw Pct 77.5%
Free Throws Made 1.9
Free Throws Attempted 2.5
Turnovers 2.8
Personal Fouls 3.0
Win Shares 9.6
True Shooting Pct 56.7%
Player Efficiency Rating 18.2
Usage Pct 18.7%
Box Plus Minus 2.2
Value Over Replacement Player 3.3

HooperIndex

Reg. Win Burden % 22.8%

HooperImpact

Reg. Season ISR 214.6
Postseason ISR 131.4
Reg. Season ICS (%) 20.0%
Postseason ICS (%) 15.0%

NBA Comparison Tool

Overall Score 93.3

HooperJourney

Reg. Season Score 150.72
Postseason Score 40.63
Season Score 193.79
Years Experience 2